{"id":28541,"date":"2014-03-10T16:45:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T20:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=28541"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:44:06","slug":"wright-state-prepares-les-miserables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/03\/10\/wright-state-prepares-les-miserables\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State prepares \u2018Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/25\/wsu-stages-magic-fire-regional-premiere\/cola-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26937\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/01\/CoLA.jpg-260x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Excerpt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you hear the people sing? Wright State University hopes so to soaring degrees when it delivers the local collegiate premiere of \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables,\u201d Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg\u2019s 1987 Tony Award-winning pop opera phenomenon adapted from Victor Hugo\u2019s epic 1862 novel.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning performances next Thursday, \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d tells a sweeping account of desperation, heartbreak, hope and loss in 19th-century France centered on ex-convict Jean Valjean\u2019s battle with ruthless Inspector Javert.<\/p>\n<p>As Valjean and Javert continuously collide, jealous factory workers, cynical prostitutes, treacherous thieves, rebellious students and more create a compellingly vivid portrait of humanity. The musical, currently revived on Broadway featuring WSU alumna Heidi Giberson, is heightened by a terrific score including \u201cA Heart Full of Love,\u201d \u201cEmpty Chairs at Empty Tables,\u201d \u201cI Dreamed a Dream,\u201d \u201cMaster of the House\u201d and \u201cOn My Own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more from the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydaytondailynews.com\/news\/entertainment\/arts-theater\/wright-state-prepares-les-miserables\/nd7Tn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dayton Daily News<\/a><\/em> (subscription required).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Do you hear the people sing? Wright State University hopes so to soaring degrees when it delivers the local collegiate premiere of \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables,\u201d Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg\u2019s 1987 Tony Award-winning pop opera phenomenon adapted from Victor Hugo\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/03\/10\/wright-state-prepares-les-miserables\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":26937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130565,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541\/revisions\/130565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}